<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest hope of the race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't get mad, get even. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't get mad, get even.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  The less you feel and the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  The less you feel and the more firmly you believe, the more praiseworthy is your faith and the more it will be esteemed and appreciated; for real faith is much more than a mere opinion of man. In it we have true knowledge: in truth, we lack nothing save true faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58287]]></link><description><![CDATA[High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next-generation soft-switch technology is in high demand as communications service providers develop and deploy IP networks. The Technology Assurance Labs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next-generation soft-switch technology is in high demand as communications service providers develop and deploy IP networks. The Technology Assurance Labs Shoot Out on the Telecom NEXT exhibit floor will be a great place for service providers to compare the latest soft-switch products from some of the world's most innovative technology companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739   In that age they will neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739   In that age they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as the angels. We are destined to a better state -- destined to rise to a spiritual consortship. So we, who shall be with God, shall be together: since we shall all be with the one God, though there be many mansions in the house of the same Father; and, in eternal life, God will still less separate them whom He has joined together, than, in this lesser life, He allows them to be separated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24185]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;  Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul,   And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl;    Serenely full the epicure would say,     "Fate cannot harm me,--I have dined to-day."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61631]]></link><description><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was not really as good as I should have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was not really as good as I should have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood   Of softened radiance from her dewy locks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still doesn't account for the way we played interior defense and the way we played interior offense. I'm disappointed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still doesn't account for the way we played interior defense and the way we played interior offense. I'm disappointed with our effort tonight. We didn't play with much poise. I expected more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature acts without masters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the two seas the sea-bird's wing makes halt, Wind-weary; while with lifting head he waits  For breath to reinspire him from the gates   That open still toward sunrise on the vault    High-domed of morning.   - Algernon Charles Swinburne,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood where the true way was wholly lost]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54806]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew,   On Monday in the mall.    For what avail the plough or sail,     Or land, or life, if freedom fail?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one's self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13064]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46887]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2112]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62668]]></link><description><![CDATA[And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk of sudden cardiac death during an episode of moderate to vigorous exertion in this large group of women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk of sudden cardiac death during an episode of moderate to vigorous exertion in this large group of women was exceedingly low, even lower than we had found previously in a large group of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31789</guid></item></channel></rss>